[PLUG] Re: [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] ANNOUNCEMENT: May PLUG Meeting

Dean S. Messing deanm at sharplabs.com
Tue Apr 30 21:57:07 UTC 2002


Scott Staples wrote:
 :: It's not all that odd.. "administer" means to apply, and "administrate"
 :: means to manage. There's a difference, and sourceforge's use is correct.
 :: 
<snip>
 :: < I particularly like sourceforge's persistent use of the verb
 :: < 'administrate' instead of 'admininster'.
 :: < It's not wrong per se, just odd.  At least they are consistent.  8;)
 :: < 
 :: < -- 
 :: < ~Randy


For your amusement, here are some entries from the 1934
Webster's Second International (which contains 234,936 words),
whose root is "administ"

administer
administerd           <==== (not a spelling mistake)
administerial
administrable
administrant
administrate          <====
administration
administrational
administrative
administratively
administrator
administratorship
administratress
administratrices      <==== !!!  (love it!)
administratrix        <==== !!!





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